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Big(ger) Girls
Last night, the family went to the girls’ elementary school for the annual open house, where we met their teachers, explored their new rooms, distributed the required school supplies, ran into friends...
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Thanksgiving Thanks (Frivolous Version)
Ten more or less frivolous things for which I’m thankful today: 1. Black coffee. 2. Malty beer. 3. My iPad. 4. Texting. 5. My new bike. 6. My old bike. 7. Clean socks. 8. My “Rock Goodness” iTunes...
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Happy Birthday, Shannon!
Today is Shannon’s forty-xth birthday. As chief birthday officer, I’m glad to report that everything went well. The gifts were well chosen and well received, and the girls and I acquitted ourselves...
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Kid Art, Mysteriously Named
When I was racing the other weekend, Shannon set the girls up with a dish-soap painting project. Here are two of the paintings they made, each with a mysterious title. When I asked them about the...
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Zombie Washer
Friday morning, I was finishing up some work before heading to Julia’s field trip in the next town when Shannon texted me: Washer just stopped itself with a load of clothes and water in it and there is...
View Article1994 Cold
The impending "blast" of super-cold temperatures has everyone in Minnesota in a tizzy. The governor has even preemptively canceled school on Monday, when the high temps are expected to be negative 30...
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Sleigh Bells Ring
When I’m out in "bad" weather, I think a lot about how much time my grandfathers – a farmer on my dad’s side, a trucker and logger on my mom’s – must have spent outside in horrible conditions, doing...
View ArticleDinner!
I’m pretty lucky in that Shannon makes a from-scratch dinner almost every day – even on pizza nights. Today, I came home ravenous to find a veritable feast: almond-crusted salmon, a barley-feta dish...
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Didn’t Get Froze: After the Arrowhead 135
I’ve been immensely pleased that others have enjoyed Part I and Part II of my race story. Partly for the sake of my own memory, partly to complete the story, and partly to answer some questions that...
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My Three Valentines
My three valentines from my three valentines. (Yes, both girls inexplicably wrote "135" – as in "Arrowhead 135" – on their cards.) I love the cards and the card makers!
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The girls made this cool minute-long video as a Mother’s Day gift to Shannon. Vivi narrates/voice-acts.
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Purple Belters
After successfully completing a very challenging tae kwon do test last Thursday, the girls tonight received their purple belts tonight at a lovely, relaxed event organized by their instructor, Dan Elo....
View Article“Still Alice” and Technology
Tonight we watched Julianne Moore’s Oscar vehicle, Still Alice. The film is very much worth your time. Playing an Alzheimer’s patient in cruelly early decline, Moore was outrageously good, of course;...
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